The Arts in the Hudson River Valley

Hudson River School of Painting:

This page of the Albany Institute of History and Art site contains a brief summary and an index of Hudson River School paintings in their collection. http://www.albanyinstitute.org/collections/hudson_river.htm

ArtLex, art dictionary site, listing on the Hudson River School and associated web-links. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/hudsonriverschool.html

GLORIFYING THE WILDERNESS: THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING, Brigham Young University, Museum of Art. http://www.byu.edu/moa/exhibits/Current%20Exhibits/150years/150chron2.html

HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL: THE SECOND GENERATION, Brigham Young University, Museum of Art. http://www.byu.edu/moa/exhibits/Current%20Exhibits/150years/150chron3.html

Index of Hudson River School Painters listed by the Desmond Fish Library, includes images and biographical text. http://www.dfl.highlands.com/DFL_Painters/Index.html

A related page on a site developed by Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove, Professor of Environmental Philosophy, North Texas University, called "Why We Think Nature Is Beautiful." This site presents another discussion of the Hudson River School and its relation to the environment. http://www.phil.unt.edu/show/026.htm

The I Love New York website listing of Hudson River School Art Collection Locations and Descriptions. http://www.iloveny.com/travel_ideas/culture_hrsac_map.asp

This Newington Cropsey Foundation website is intended to provide information about the Foundation, the artist Jasper Cropsey, and the Hudson River School of Art. http://www.newingtoncropsey.com/hudson.htm

"Project VIEW, a Federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant is led by the Schenectady City School District.  This innovative program is designed to open the classroom door so that students and teachers can engage in an array of boundless learning opportunities." Attached are educational pages on the Hudson River School and the Native American Landscape. http://www.projectview.org/HudsonRiverSchool/NorthAmericanIndiansandNature.htm

"The Forges & Manor of Ringwood is an historic center, sacred ground to the Native Americans and a site of important American developments, both industrial and social, during the Colonial, Federal, and Victorian periods." Located in the Hudson Highlands in northern New Jersey, this site also has a collection of Hudson River School paintings. http://www.ringwoodmanor.com/hudsonriver/picgal.htm

Hudson River School Estates:

"The mission of the Olana Partnership is to advocate for and support the preservation of Olana and its integral viewshed, to sponsor educational programs, and to foster scholarly educational research on the artist and his property." Includes information, images, and directions to Frederic Church’s estate, Olana. http://www.olana.org/

"Cedar Grove, the home of Thomas Cole, is one of a very limited number of National Historic Landmarks having extraordinary significance in the cultural development of the United States... it was here…that Thomas Cole established a tradition of native American landscape painting which continues to grow in importance and has come to be identified as the Hudson River School of Art." http://www.thomascole.org/

Although he was contemporary, Samuel F. B. Morse was not considered a Hudson River School Painter. Best known for the telegraph, Morse was initially – and again eventually – an artist. Locust Grove was his Hudson Valley Estate where Morse, together with Andrew Jackson Downing, put the principles of his landscape painting into effect much the same a Frederic Church did at Olana. http://www.morsehistoricsite.org/

Museums:

The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College "The principle aim of the Center's exhibition program is to encourage experimental approaches to the presentation of the contemporary visual arts, especially approaches that reflect the center's commitment to the multidisciplinary study of art and culture." http://www.bard.edu/ccs/

Dia:Beacon is the latest project from Dia Art Foundation, "one of the world’s preeminent contemporary art institutions… is opening a new museum to house its renowned but rarely seen permanent collection, comprising major works of art from the 1960s to the present…. Dia:Beacon will occupy a nearly 300,000-square-foot historic printing factory." http://www.diabeacon.org/

"The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, has a permanent collection featuring works by Pieter Bruegel the Younger, Frederic Church, Paul Cézanne, Georgia O'Keeffe, Francis Bacon, and many others," as well as ongoing exhibits of collections on loan. http://fllac.vassar.edu/index.html

Mass MoCA is a museum of multidisciplinary contemporary art located in a 19^th century mill complex in the Berkshires. The facility is in the northwestern edge of Massachusetts in North Adams and contains a gallery/museum space as well as multiple performance areas that feature and ongoing program of dance, theater, cinema, and music. http://www.massmoca.org/

"TheSamuel Dorsky Museum of Art… is dedicated to collecting, researching, interpreting, and exhibiting works of art from diverse cultures. The permanent collection spans a period of almost 4,000 years. Areas of specialization include 20th century prints and paintings, Asian art, Pre-Columbian art and artifacts, decorative arts (metals), and photographs. The Museum has a special commitment to collecting important works of art created by artists that have lived and worked in the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions" The Museum is located on the SUNY New Paltz campus. http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/welcome.html

"The Norman Rockwell Museum houses the world's largest collection of his work, including 574 original paintings and drawings. Rockwell's Stockbridge studio is open to the public from May through October, and features original art materials, his library, furnishings, and personal items. The Museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, including working photographs, letters, personal calendars, fan mail, and business documents." http://www.nrm.org/

"Storm King Art Center is a museum that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Five hundred acres of landscaped lawns, fields and woodlands provide the site for postwar sculptures by internationally renowned artists...The grounds are surrounded by the undulating profiles of the Hudson Highlands, a dramatic panorama integral to the viewing experience. The sculptures are affected by changes in light and weather, so no two visits are the same." http://www.skac.org/index.html

Organizations:

"The Dutchess County Arts Council is a private, nonprofit arts service organization to promote and coordinate cultural activity and development in Dutchess County. http://www.artsmidhudson.org/

"The Greene County Council on the Arts, GCCA, (seeks) to broaden and enrich the quality of life in Greene County by developing and strengthening all the arts and by fostering cultural and arts related activities in Greene County." This site includes a list of resources, links, and a calendar of events. http://www.greenearts.org/

The Arts Council of Orange County is an organization committed to provide information, education and support to individuals and groups, to provide a forum for the exchange of information about the arts, to participate in arts advocacy programs, to actively develop and expand audiences for the arts, and to increase the access and the quality of the arts throughout Orange County. http://www.hvnet.com/orgs/acoc/index.htm

"As a county-wide arts service agency, The Putnam Arts Council extends it’s programming to reach constituents where they live and work, and to provide support for the creative development of artists, students, and cultural organizations."

http://www.putnamartscouncil.com/PACPrograms.htm

"The Arts Council of Rockland promotes and encourages the arts…strives to create a climate in which creative expression flourishes and is experienced by all…. and facilitates and coordinates programs, support services, publications and forums for the entire community in the interest of enhancing the cultural life in Rockland County."

http://www.artscouncilofrockland.org/

"The Ulster County Arts Council work(s) to encourage artistic awareness, participation and expression…. to publicize and promote the arts of all types -- performing, visual and literary -- and to promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts and other cultural pursuits." http://www.ulstercountyartscouncil.org/

The Westchester Arts serv(es) arts organization… artists and audiences numbering over one million…. the Council provides a wide variety of programs and services to the community designed to develop audiences for the arts, strengthen the county's cultural institutions and enrich the quality of life for all Westchester residents."

http://www.westarts.com/Westchester_Arts_Council.htm

"Minetta Brook is a nonprofit organization that presents public art projects, exhibitions,publications, and discussions designed to strengthen the relationship between contemporary artists and communities throughout New York State. It offers venues for artists to create new works for public places; organizes innovative educational and public outreach programs which broaden audiences for contemporary art; and initiates projects that involve partnerships with community groups, educational institutions, and arts, civic and environmental organizations."

http://www.minettabrook.org

Miscellaneous:

Bear Systems offers the following list of Mid-Hudson galleries. http://www.bearsystems.com/gallery/gallery.html

The Chronogram offers the following list of galleries for the region. http://www.chronogram.com/2001/artcal.htm

The Hudson Valley Magazine offers the following gallery guide. http://www.hudsonvalleymagazine.com/insiders_guide/galleries.php